With over 100,000 guests and 600 events, Reykjavik Culture Night is one of Iceland’s biggest celebrations. Held on August 28 this year, festivities take place all over the city: in the streets and squares, in museums and businesses, and even in residential gardens! Other festivals taking place this August include Reykjavik Pride, the annual Jazz Festival and the Reykjavik Marathon. Click here to find out more about these unique events!

Wall Street Journal travel blogger Henry Wismayer recently took a hike through Laugavegurinn, Iceland’s most popular trail, which winds through volcanic terrain, snowfields, and freezing rivers. Wismayer wrote that Laugavegurinn “provided us with an unforgettable glimpse of Iceland’s glacier-bound, lava-spewing wonderland, and proved, somewhat reassuringly, that this was a place where nature remained very much in charge.” Click here to see what Wismayer encountered on his 34-mile hike.

Experience Iceland in North America

Bjork’s distinct style and impressive career will be honored at a special MoMA exhibit next year. Uni Stefson, an up-and-coming Icelandic musician and one-half of the band Retro Stefson (a regular Taste of Iceland performer), released his first solo single this month. Those living in Seattle, Reykjavik’s sister city, can enjoy the Nordic Heritage Museum’s Viking Days festival August 16 & 17, which includes a 5K run (Viking costumes encouraged), a Swedish pancake breakfast, a Viking encampment and much more. Plus, Iceland lovers everywhere can enter Inspired by Iceland’s Win a Trip Back to Iceland Instagram contest!

Iceland Naturally is excited to showcase this month’s featured member, Icelandic Glacial Water! A leader in super-premium natural spring water, Icelandic Glacial is the world’s first Carbon Neutral certified bottled water. Icelandic Glacial earned this coveted distinction by sourcing its water from a sustainable and renewable resource - Iceland’s Ölfus Spring - and by using only 100% recyclable plastic in its signature glacier bottles. We are happy to announce that Icelandic Glacial is now available at all Sprouts stores in the U.S., nationwide throughout Belarus, and at Whole Foods locations all along the west coast! Check out their Instagram contest for the chance to win $25 to Whole Foods, enter to win a case of Icelandic Glacial by entering their Facebook Share Your Iceland Photo Contest, and find out where you can buy Icelandic Glacial near you at IcelandicGlacial.com.